area51novel Chapter 2080 Is This Just Playing House?
Chapter 2080 Is This Just Playing House?
Chapter 2080 Is This Just Playing House?
It is twelve or thirteen miles from Baiwang Mountain to Changchun Garden. The carriage moves slowly and arrives in three quarters of an hour.
The carriages of the Ninth Prince and the Fifth Prince were in front.
When the Queen Mother's carriage stopped, the two brothers were already waiting.
The Queen Mother got off the carriage and was stunned by the scene.
There are several yurts scattered around at the foot of the gentle hillside and beside the stream, and a flock of sheep not far away.
At first glance, it looks like we have arrived at the grassland.
The Fifth Prince, the Ninth Prince, and several younger ones all changed into Mongolian robes.
The Mongolian swords that the Empress Dowager had just bestowed upon the little princes were hanging around each of their waists.
The people who followed also changed their attire.
At first glance, it feels like returning to Korqin.
The Fifth Prince instructed Shushu and Guaerjia, "We will go with Grandmother first, you guys go and clean up as well!"
Shushu agreed and asked Guaerjia and the two little princesses to go downstairs.
Niguzhu was a little confused. He looked at Tana and whispered, "Sister, why do you need to change clothes? Are you playing house?"
Tana didn't understand either and looked at Guarjia.
Guaerjia hesitated for a moment and said, "This...is not playing house, it's to please the Queen Mother."
Niguzhu still couldn't understand, so he looked at Shushu and said, "Ene, why is Mother Wuku happy when we change clothes?"
In order to go out, she wore her new summer clothes today.
Shushu said seriously: "Mother Wuku's hometown is far away, and it is not convenient to go back. We changed into the clothes of people from her hometown. When Mother Wuku saw us, it was like seeing her old family."
To put it bluntly, it is also a way to entertain parents with colorful clothes.
Niguzhu was stunned: "Isn't Mother Wuku's home in the palace? Does she have another home?"
Shushu said: "Enie also has two homes. The one in the distance is her mother's home..."
Niguzhu did not ask any further questions.
She already understood what "mother's home" was, that is, the home of Wuku's mother's father and mother...
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In front of the yurt.
The Queen Mother was looking at the Fifth Prince carefully.
The Fifth Prince was fat and kind-hearted. He wore a Mongolian robe with a belt tied under his belly, which made him look more mighty.
The embroidery on the dress looked familiar, so the Queen Mother asked, "When was this dress made?"
The Fifth Prince said, "In the thirty-seventh year, Korchin sent me a birthday gift, a winter robe and a spring and autumn robe. I have long wanted to wear them to show the Empress Dowager..."
Unfortunately, due to the serious illness of the first wife, the older princes of this group had to hastily set up their own residence, and they did not celebrate their birthday in the palace that year.
When I go to the palace to pay my respects again, it will not be as convenient as when I am in the palace, and it will not be easy to change into this dress openly.
The Queen Mother touched the pattern on the Fifth Prince's cuffs and said, "This color is beautiful..."
The royal blue Mongolian robe has rose-red cloud patterns and flowers embroidered on the cuffs and collar.
The Fifth Prince smiled and said, "Luckily I made enough to wear. I thought I couldn't wear it anymore."
He now weighs dozens of pounds more than he did five years ago.
The Queen Mother said: "Mongolian robes are made to be spacious. A good leather robe can be worn for half a lifetime."
After praising the Fifth Prince, the Queen Mother looked at the Ninth Prince.
The Ninth Prince was wearing a pink and purple Mongolian robe with a swastika pattern in gold thread on the collar and cuffs, and the buttons were made of amethyst, which looked very delicate.
This belt is not a loose belt like the one worn by the Fifth Prince, but a tight belt, which makes the person look more youthful.
The Queen Mother also praised him: "He is a handsome young man with a lot of energy..."
The Ninth Prince said proudly, "My grandson's wife drew the picture, and the buttons were sewn by her own hands."
"It looks good, and it sets off the white face..."
The Queen Mother smiled and nodded, but she felt a little disgusted in her heart.
The Ninth Prince is too thin and can’t hold up his clothes. He doesn’t look as blessed as the Fifth Prince.
While they were talking, the grandparents and grandchildren arrived in front of the yurt.
There are seven yurts in total, the largest one in the middle, followed by the next largest, and four smaller ones.
The yurt in the middle is where the Queen Mother rests. The one on the left is the Fifth Prince’s family, and the one on the right is the Ninth Prince’s family.
There are four others, each with its own uses.
When the Queen Mother entered the tent, she was a little dazed.
The yurt is fully furnished with a bed, a cabinet, and a small Buddhist shrine, just like an ordinary home.
The Queen Mother looked at it in a daze, thinking it was too much trouble, but she didn't say anything to spoil the fun. She smiled and said, "It's just like going back to Khorchin..."
The milk tea has been prepared long ago.
The Fifth Prince poured a cup and offered it to the Queen Mother, saying, "Then try this milk tea. It's not the way it's made in the palace..."
The Queen Mother took it and looked at it. She saw fried rice and milk skin floating on it, so she took a sip.
"It's true. The color of this tea is darker than the one in the palace, and the taste is different..."
Not only are there more fried rice and milk skin, but the taste of the tea base is also different.
The Fifth Prince smiled and said, "It was the Ninth Prince's idea. We exchanged the old brick tea from the people of Korchin in the inner hall."
The Queen Mother drank the whole bowl of milk tea and said, "The palace also uses tea bricks to make milk tea, but it doesn't taste like this."
The Ninth Prince said, "The tea used in the palace is tribute tea, and the tea bricks used are all pressed from one bud and one leaf. The original tea used in these old tea bricks is coarse, and there are tea stems, so it tastes more bitter when boiled."
The Queen Mother tasted it carefully and said with a smile: "Yes, in addition to the fragrance of tea, there is something else in it..."
The Ninth Prince said, "If you like this, I'll ask someone to make it for you. I have a tea mountain in Yunnan, and I've made a lot of tea cakes over the years."
The Queen Mother shook her head and said, "Just taste it. The old tea cake is too strong. I can't sleep after drinking it."
The Fifth Prince said, "Then drink less milk tea, or drink the health tea prescribed by the Imperial Hospital..."
Seeing the little princes sitting there obediently, the Queen Mother looked at the Fifth Prince and said, "Just sit there like this? Ask someone to take the children out to play?"
The Fifth Prince said, "Don't worry, wait for my sister-in-law and Guarjia to come."
While he was speaking, there was movement at the door.
It was Shushu and his group who had changed their clothes.
The Mongolian robe of the Khorchin tribe has no waist band and is similar to the Manchu clothing.
Shushu's body is also pink and purple, while Guaerjia's body is sky blue.
Niguzhu is still red, and Tana's is pink.
Several people were holding things in their hands.
Shushu was holding a royal blue Mongolian robe in his hand, and Guwaljia was holding a pair of boots.
Niguzhu held a coral hair accessory, and Tana held a long necklace of coral and turquoise.
"Grandmother, you are the only one missing..."
Shushu said with a smile.
Niguzhu held up the coral hair accessory in his hand and said, "This is beautiful. It will definitely look good on Wuku's mother..."
The Queen Mother couldn't help but laugh and said, "It really is like living a family life..."
Shushu smiled and said, “This is immersive eating, drinking and having fun.”
This is the Mongolian restaurant she wanted to open before, but it is not quite suitable for the times.
I can take this opportunity to satisfy this addiction.
The Fifth Prince and the Ninth Prince stood up and took a few younger princes with them.
Shushu and Guaerjia helped the empress dowager change her clothes.
The Queen Mother originally had her hair in a braided bun, and this coral tassel headdress was like a headband that could be simply buckled on.
He changed his half-new shirt into a royal blue Mongolian robe embroidered with a pattern of five auspicious figures holding longevity banners.
The same pattern is on the boots.
With a long necklace on, she looks like an old Khorchin grandmother.
There was a dressing mirror in the yurt, and Shushu helped the empress dowager to the dressing mirror.
The Queen Mother was stunned when she saw herself inside, and she came closer to take a closer look.
"It's beautiful, it's beautiful, Wuku Mama doesn't look like Wuku Mama anymore, she looks like Mama..."
Niguzhu praised beside him.
The Queen Mother smiled and looked down at her and said, "It was worth eating the sugar triangles this morning. Your little mouth is so sweet."
Niguzhu said: "I learned it from Wuku's mother. Wuku's mother always praises people..."
People who are praised are very happy.
"Ha ha ha ha……"
The Queen Mother was amused and laughed out loud.
Perhaps when people get older, they tend to think about the past.
The Queen Mother recalled that when they were in Khorchin, Elge said that she looked like her and loved her very much. Ehe was unhappy about this and even took his anger out on her.
Now that I think about it, Elge was right.
I really look like Elge. When I was in my sixties, I looked even more like Elge.
Maybe Ehe was not angry at himself, but he really didn't like himself.
This mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are not good. They can't get close to their daughter who looks like the mother-in-law. That's why they rarely come to the capital to pay homage even though they have the opportunity to do so.
Sometimes, the longer you live, the more you understand.
No wonder people say it’s bliss to be ignorant.
There was a commotion outside.
The Ninth Prince urged through the door of the yurt: "Grandmother, we are waiting for you..."
The Queen Mother said to Shushu and Guaerjia: "Let's go and take a look..."
A big drum has been set up on the originally empty grassland.
The Fifth Prince stood in front of the drum, holding a drumstick in his hand.
When the Fifth Prince saw the Queen Mother come out, he started beating the drum.
“Boom…boom…boom…boom…”
The drum beats are distant.
The Ninth Prince said, "Grandmother, we have arranged a wrestling match and an archery match today..."
The ninth prince directly took two Gurkha swords as a prize, and the fifth prince prepared two good horses.
The layout on the field is like a small Nadam.
There is no reserve racehorse.
There are seats outside the venue.
A group of people surrounded the Queen Mother and took a seat...